US-Israel-Iran War: Has Trump Jumped Into A Battle He Cannot Handle? | KP Fabian Explains

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been appointed as Iran’s new Supreme Leader following his father’s death in an Israeli airstrike on February 28. Iranian state media IRIB officially announced the decision. Reports  portray Mojtaba as a hardliner who has long operated as the shadow power behind the regime, controlling key IRGC appointments, intelligence operations, and his father’s inner circle. Expert Jon Gambrell noted that Mojtaba, believed to be 56, assumes leadership at

Former Indian diplomat KP Fabian warned that Mojtaba’s appointment makes the US-Israel-Iran war far more dangerous and unwinnable for Trump. Fabian argued that Mojtaba is less pragmatic than his father and more ideologically driven, likely to escalate resistance rather than seek compromise. He described the conflict as entering a prolonged, attritional phase where Iran will bleed US resources through asymmetric warfare, proxies, and regional alliances, while Trump has entered a war he cannot decisively win without massive ground commitment, something politically impossible.